Question

In an application that uses heap, the memory for data is allocated ____________

(a) logical

(b) dynamically

(c) statically

(d) at the beginning of the program

The question was posed to me in semester exam.

I want to ask this question from Buffer Overflow in division Cyber Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Right option is (b) dynamically

For explanation: In an application that uses the heap, memory utilized by the application is allocated dynamically at runtime. Access to such memories is comparatively slower than memories that use the stack.